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Kiefer Sutherland Arrested for Misdemeanor DUI
Kiefer Sutherland by Lester Cohen/WireImage.com
Kiefer Sutherland was pulled over in West Hollywood in the wee hours of Tuesday morning and arrested for suspicion of DUI after allegedly exceeding the legal blood-alcohol limit, TMZ reports. Being the 24 star's second DUI in the past five years, by California law, if convicted, he must serve a minimum of five days in jail.
Sutherland, who was stopped after making an illegal U-turn, was transported to a Hollywood police station and later released on $25,000 bail. Sources tell TMZ he was "cooperative and mellow" while in custody. Sutherland is scheduled to face a judge on Oct. 16.
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Sep 25, 2007 9:50 AM
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I'm beginning to be curious as to how sales of alcohol in California compare to the rest of the country. Seems like every time we turn around some celeb is soused. Is this indicative of our country as a whole, or California as a state, or just Hollywood as a subculture? Regardless, driving seems pretty dangerous out there lately.
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Sep 25, 2007 10:01 AM
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Kiefer has been a hard partier for years, so it's not surprising he got busted for a DUI. But, again, I must ask - why, with all their disposable income, do these celebrities not hire drivers??????
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Sep 25, 2007 10:49 AM
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LOL, Katcon, I don't think its a California thing. People from all of our states get arrested for DUI every day, probably in proportionate numbers. We only hear about the celebrities (who happen to mostly live in CA) because, well, they're celebrities. All the DUIs in... say... Nebraska and Iowa by regular Joe/Jane Schmos rarely make the national news.
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Sep 25, 2007 10:56 AM
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If someone was DUI in Nebraska, would anyone be around to notice?
I was thinking of celebs as a representative sample, actually. Are they? Or are they proportionally higher in the drinking department?
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Sep 25, 2007 11:12 AM
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I just don't understand why anyone chooses to drink and drive. Whether it be a celebrity or non celeb. Why run the risk of killing someone because you are stupid enough to get behind the wheel after drinking?
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Sep 25, 2007 11:59 AM
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I'm with lovejackbauer... hire a freakin' driver! Hell, take a cab if you're too cheap to pay a chauffeur... just stay off the roads if you're partying!
How many people have to die before this gets thru their thick heads?
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Sep 25, 2007 12:11 PM
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Second DUI in five years? Throw the book at him. Five months in jail seems more appropriate.
Just make Tony into the new Jack Bauer...
Gravitas!
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Sep 25, 2007 12:49 PM
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iamjillian asks why somebody would choose to drink and drive, take a risk, etc. Answer: the first thing alcohol affects, even before it slows reaction time, is one's judgment. This is why it is critical to plan transportation before the drinking starts.
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Sep 25, 2007 1:01 PM
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After all he has done for our country, couldn't they just give him a break? It's no wonder why he drinks!
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Sep 25, 2007 2:17 PM
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If you want to read the whole article I'm about to quote - click here. But I agree we hear because he's a celebrity. If he spends 5 days in jail it's a small price to pay. We actually have it pretty easy in this country - maybe that should change.
The U.S. standard for impairment, .08 percent, pales in comparison to Sweden's, which is .02 percent and means that drivers who drink a single beer, shot, or glass of wine face arrest. Australia and at least 10 European nations set their BAC level at .05 percent. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the standard is zero percent.
Random breath tests are administered by police in many countries (without probable cause) to catch drunk drivers. In the Australian state of Victoria alone, 2.4 million drivers are stopped and randomly tested each year, and the maximum fine for a first offense is about $135,000.
Do you think those things might be effective here in the US?
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Sep 25, 2007 3:31 PM
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SO if he goes to jail, he can just get Chloe to get him the schematics to the jail and Tony can come bust him out. Then he can get the President to give him a pardon.
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Sep 25, 2007 5:19 PM
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LOL I love reading the comments on tvguide.com, especially the ones about celebrities in trouble. What the hell IS wrong with these people though? It seems like 90% of Hollywood takes drugs and/or drinks and drives.
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Sep 25, 2007 7:10 PM
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First off, Kiefer should do everyone a favor and plead guilty when he goes to court. Secondly, forget the five days in jail. What this man needs, first and foremost, is a lesson in the consequences of drunk driving. He should spend some time in a hospital with accident victims. Or be forced to attend bereavement counseling with families who lost loved ones to such a senseless act. Then they oughta put him in the back of an LAPD van and see how many memorials and markers they can find around the area for people killed due to drinking and driving.
Mr. Sutherland is a fine actor, but he obviously has a problem. His publicists and handlers (and the fine people at FOX) would serve well to get him into a rehab facility...or at the very minimum, an AA program.
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Sep 25, 2007 9:27 PM
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It's not just other countries that are getting strict, AZ just passed severe laws, at least here in the Phoenix area, so I think it is eventually going to spread thru the whole u.s. and it is about time. I agree, how many people have to die first?
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Sep 25, 2007 9:42 PM
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